Combination-undergarment.



L. M. KUGEL.

COMBINATION UNDERGARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1909.

946, 142, Patented Jan. 11,1910.

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L. M. KUGEL.

COMBINATION UNDERGARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6.1909.

946,142. Patented Jan. 11, l9 l Ofi ii Snucufo'c 7] fif/iayel LILLIAN.M.KUGEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y

COMBINATION-UNDERGARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1910.

Application filed May 6, 1909. Serial No. 494,402.

To ail whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LILLlAN M. Knees, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York. in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombination-Undergarments; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to a combination under garment which may beconverted at will into a two or three piece garment.

One objectof the invention is to provide a combination under garmentknown as a three-quarter princess, said garment combining three garmentsin one and being applicable to the body in one operation and which, whenapplied, fits smooth and sheathlike without any fullness -at thewaist-line or on the hips or stomach to adapt the garment for use withthe tight fitting directoire and princess gowns, said garment beingconvertible to form either a two piece or a three piece garment which isin great demand by high class trade.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination and arran ement ofparts, as will be more fully descri ed and particularly pointed out inthe appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a garmentspread out and looking toward the inside thereof, arranged for use as atwo piece garment comprising corset cover and drawers; Fig. 2 is asimilar view showing the skirt section, attached and one leg of thedrawers open at the seam and the other leg shown completed; Fig. 3 is aplan view of the detached sections ofthe ody portion or waist of thegarment arranged in juxtaposition ready for assembling; Fig. 4 1s. aplan view of the blanks from which the drawers legs are formed; Fig. 5is a similar view of the detachable skirt section. r

In the embodiment illustrated, an under garment 1 is shown composed of awaist or body portion 2, which extends down well below the hips, beingof a length known as three-quarter length. Circular drawers legs 3 and 4are connected to the lower edge of the waistor body section 2, and acircular skirt section 5 detachably connected to the lower edge of thewaist section. This waist section 2 is preferably. composed of two mainback gores, as 6, connected at 7 to form a center backseam. arm gores,as 8, are attached tot-heback pieces 6 and the free edges thereof areconnected to the rear edges of two front side bodies, as 9. Fronts, as10, are connected to the free edges of the side bodies 9 and areprovidedwith the usual straight front edges, as 11, adapted to befastened in any suitable manner, preferably by means of buttons arrangedon one side and button holes arranged under a fly on the other side.These gores of the bodysection are shaped to form a smooth tight fitting.corset cover or waist, which, as'above described, extends to a pointwell below the hips and is constructed to smoothly and tightly fit thefigure of the person for whom it is designed.

The drawers legs 3 and 4 are each constructed in circular form similarto a circular skirt, both of the side edges being curved as shown at 12and 13, one edge being ar-.

Two side backs or under-- one-half the width of the lower edge of. the

corset cover or waist section to provide for the smooth fiat attachmentthereof without any fullness at the point of connection.'

The circular skirtsection 5 has the upper edge thereof connected to thelower edge of the back portion of the corset. cover or waist sect-ionpreferably by means of buttons carried by the upper edge of saidskirtsection which are detachably engaged with button holes formed at thelower edge of said corset cover, preferably adjacent the connection of.

said corset cover with the upper edges of the drawers legs. This skirtsection may be of any desired width and in the form shown it extendsfrom a point in alinement with one under-arm seam to a similarpointat-the opposite side of the garment. The opposite sides of thisskirtsection are also preferably detachably connected at their lowerends to the lower edge of the drawers legs at points alining with theunder-arm seams. By. the use of this skirt section 5, the garment may bequickly and readily converted into a two.

or a three piece garment as desired by the wearer, to form elther acombined corset cover and drawers or a combined corset v cover, drawersand skirt. This skirt section also facilitates the laundrying of thegarment, as it may be detached, washed and ironed and then secured inoperative position by means of the separable fastening devices.

The curved edges of the drawers legs are preferably faced, as shown at15, in the ordinary manner and the lower edge of both the skirt sectionand the drawers legs are preferably finished by a deep rufile or in anyother desired manner. The circular form of the drawers legs and skirtsection provides ample width and flare to the garment and at the sametime provides a reduced upper edge for their points of connection withthe lower edge of the corset cover to avoid any fullness at this point.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, as defined in theappended claim.

Having thus I claim is:

A combination under garment comprising a three-quarter tight-fittingopen front waist section extending well below the hips, circulardrawers-legs having their upper edges connected to the loweredge of thewaist section and their opposite side edges curved to fit the wearer,one curved side edge extending substantially in alinement with the openfront edge of the waist and the other in alinement with the center ofthe back of described my invention, what the waist section, and acircular skirt sec- ROLAND C. Boo'rH, LYDA GRIFFITH.

